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The year without summer : 1816 and the volcano that darkened the world and changed history /

Klingaman, William K.

The year without summer : 1816 and the volcano that darkened the world and changed history / William K. Klingaman and Nicholas P. Klingaman. - 1st ed. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013. - 338 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-323) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Volcano -- 2.Portents -- 3.Cold Fronts -- 4.The Handwriting of God -- 5.Day After Day -- 6.The Lost Summer -- 7.Poverty and Misery -- 8.The Price of Bread -- 9.Harvest -- 10.Emigration -- 11.Relief.

"As a result of a volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, producing excessive rain, frost, and snowfall across much of the northeastern United States, Canada, and Europe in the summer of 1816. ... The Year Without Summer examines not only the climate change engendered by the eruption, but its effects on politics, the economy, the arts, and social structures."--Jacket flap.

9780312676452 (hardcover) 031267645X (hardcover)

bl2012047552


Volcanoes--History--Indonesia--Sumbawa Island--19th century.
Weather--Effect of volcanic eruptions on--Case studies.
Volcanic eruptions--Social aspects--History--19th century.


Tambora, Mount (Indonesia)--Eruption, 1815.

QE523.T285 / K55 2013

551.2109598/6

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